San-do 2023 Hozu|Shi-no-sho
Rice (produced in the Kikuchi River basin, Kumamoto Prefecture), Rice malted rice (produced in the Kikuchi River basin, Kumamoto Prefecture)
Alcohol content: 13%.
As usual, a gleaming squash, clean, sweet and tasty!
The bubbly and low alcohol content is a perfect combination for easy drinking!
Sansho is always consistently delicious!
Good evening, this is my second post. The first lot of the season has been released, but I've been sleeping on this one from three seasons ago, as usual, here 💁♂️
Sancho Hozu 2021 (Gonoho Brewery) ✨
I'm surprised I didn't realize it had been sitting for over 3 seasons 😱.
From the standing aroma, it smells like a well aged aroma😅 (not in a bad way, but it turns into sweet caramel and roasted coffee) and the taste is a concentrated sweet chocolate 🍫 and pudding 🍮 with a good amount of gas 😆.
I learned once again that I should drink the sake as soon as possible and not be too sick of wasting it 😓.
It was the first time I bought and drank sans-do, it was so delicious with just the right amount of fruity and gassy taste... I will be buying it again and again after this!
New sake from the production area! Aroma of rice sweetness, yogurt, and lactic acidic acidity. Like whey from yogurt. A firm gassy feeling. Thick sweetness, umami, crisp acidity, and bitterness spread in the mouth. Juicy, pear. Low alcohol content, rich flavor! Rich! Delicious!
It was miraculously reissued in recent years and is said to be sake brewed with "homase," a native Kumamoto species from the Edo period that was naturally grown on the company's own farmland and by farmers in the Kikuchi River system.
It has been a year since I bought it, and I opened the bottle late and blew the lid off without incident.
It is slightly carbonated and a bit sour like pineapple or mandarin oranges!
Very light in mouthfeel, but with a good balance of sweetness and acidity.
Everything is not too strong, not too harsh, and pleasant!
This is delicious!
I want to drink Hozu and Kako for the second time soon!
5.0
Popping sound when opening the bottle
It has a nice carbonation.
It feels quite sweet after the carbonation is gone, probably because the alcohol content is low at 13 degrees.
It went perfectly with the dumplings 🍡.
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Fruity aroma
Sweet and sour
It's so shwashy you'd think it was a sparkling wine.
Delicious!
I am going to buy other local products!
HOMASU New Sake BY2024 First
Wild and juicy
My personal favorite.
75/100
[Sweetness/Spiciness]
Sweet ☆☆☆☆★☆☆☆☆☆☆ Dry
[Aroma]
Brilliant 6 /10
Refreshing 5 /10
Calm 6/10
Full 3/10
[Taste]
Sweet 6/10
Sour 7/10
Bitter 5/10
Umami 3/10
Appearance
[Hue]
Slightly cloudy
Aroma
Medium
Ginjo aroma - white grapes, sudachi
Raw material aroma: Mochi (rice cakes), cotton candy, rice straw
Aged aroma
Other
[Examples]
Mild ginjo aroma and raw material aroma are the main aroma.
Taste
[Attack]
Medium
[Texture]
Slightly Schwarzwald
Wild
[Taste]
Sweet △ Clean
Acidity Fat Ripe
Bitterness
Umami (flavor) x Light
[Complexity]
Slightly complex
[Aroma]
Medium
Same as Kamitachiko
[Lingering]
Medium
[Classification by flavor characteristics]
Sake with fragrance △
Sake with a refreshing taste
Mellow sake
Mature sake
8/10
Comparison of sansho drinking. This is the Four Farmer's Brewery. I wonder how they decide on this four or five.
I wonder if it means this one is not a wooden vat.
Compared to Yamada-Nishiki, this one seemed much more fruity.
It has a muscat aroma with a touch of spice, which I personally prefer.